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August

In truth, I cant really say I’ve been in the wilderness can I, there are people out there in the world who are really lost. At the moment, there are the Pakistan floods, floods in Poland, Fires all over the world destroying homes and crops, some poor guys trapped underground, months from help and here I am talking about being in the wilderness from the relative comfort of my broken armchair?

But you know what, I dont think it matters where you are or what circumstances you find yourself in, when you feel out of control, when you have masses of people challenging you, when the boat you were traveling life’s river in seems to have hit the rapids, you might, like me be feeling like you’ve been seeing life from a distance, as if viewed from the wilderness.

But I’m back right? Well yes, apparently, there may be light at the end of the tunnel and I am at least holding on to my dreams, working hard on those things that should bring me not just income but joy and gladness and enjoying the freedom and security that my family support me with.

If you’re reading this and thinking to yourself, that’s nice but I dont have the support and the freedom, it’s alright for him, remember, I’m a coach first and foremost – maybe I can help you with that?

Til the next time…

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Onwards – the journey continues

February

Alan

I’m sitting here watching an episode of Star Trek TNG and I’m thinking to myself just how similar my life has become to their epic adventures.

Every episode they set out to find the answer to yet another problem that they didn’t even know they were going to find – such it is with me most mornings.

Every episode, they continue their mission on the Star Ship Enterprise travelling through Space – The Final Frontier, to seek out new life, and new civilisations, to boldly go where no-one has gone before.

So it is with me, I’m seeking contact with a section of our community, those who require help to see a better way of living their lives, in particular UK Financial Services professionals who it seems to me are living in very challenging times.

Every day I wake up with more opportunity, more challenge, more adversity and most days I learn something new about the journey and I find more joy and greater meaning.

Yes I’d like to be a ’success’ already (depends how you define it – maybe I already am?) but as long as I’m alive I have the opportunity to reach my goals and make a dramatic difference to the world.

Will you join me on my journey?

If you need coaching, let me see if I can help

If you need support, let me see if I can offer any

If you need information or connections, who do I know?

Get in touch and let’s see if we can help each other to enjoy a more fulfilling and joyful life – to make the best of every day.

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More breakthroughs – despite much challenge

February

Alan

Ok so it’s been a while since I updated my blog right?

Why was that? Well it’s simple really

For about 18 months I was working for another firm on a commission only

basis and it went ok, I earned and it wasn’t too bad a job – in fact I suppose

I quite enjoyed it but then at the end of January everything changed.

The firm started to have a few problems and before any of us knew it, the

whole operation had been shut down – leaving me out of work.

Ok so that’s gonna take some getting used to right?

Well certainly the massive drop in income is taking some getting used to,

in particular all the people I habitually paid money too every month are

having trouble getting used to me not having any

I spent the last 3 weeks doing some sales work – just something to try and

earn some extra pennies and eventually I had to stop that as well as it was

taking me out of action for upto 15 hours a day and I couldn’t guarantee

an income.

On top of all that, my wife had a small altercation with a hedge yesterday

and my car is now off the road as well.

So – why the title, the above is all quite dismal right?

Well my wife and I attended Chris Howard’s Breakthrough to Success

training in London all over Valentines weekend and yet again we both

came away with personal breakthroughs and renewed energy to tackle

whatever is to come.

I still have much to be grateful for every day and whilst there are many

challenges we must face at the moment – in the main they are merely

financial and therefore we are still in a much better position than all

those around the planet who are beset with real challenge and disaster.

Our prayers go to them all in their time of greatest need.

Did I mention I got to spend nearly 3 whole days side by side with my

wife – it was cool man, fantastic, we had a blast.

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Snow glorious snow

January

Alan

Well I suppose that would be the start of a song if I were eleven years old.

My daughter and her friends have certainly been enjoying all of the enforced days off that the white stuff has brought about – even more so now we’ve had a fresh covering.

I on the other hand, like most adults, am wishing it was somewhere else.

It’s so disruptive, not only in the jobs that are cancelled or difficult to attend but also in the impact it’s having on the lives of potential customers – their businesses are suffering, their employers are suffering, their families are suffering.

This morning, in conversation with my friend at RAW business magazine he suggested I usually have an optimistic outlook and it made me pause and wonder just how many people haven’t right now?

Change is a constant, opportunity is ever present, challenge is always just around the corner and like many others, despite all my training, I am still learning to live with these things and to try and always look for a positive solution.

What are you challenged with today, is it really just the snow that’s a problem?

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Happy New Year?

January

Alan

Ok so let’s get this straight, we aren’t doing badly compared to some but like a lot of others things could certainly be better.

As we make our way into the new decade with bright eyes, big dreams and wonderful plans, it occurred to me this morning that still, it’s a struggle to try and accomplish what we set out to do whilst ever others be they individuals, corporations or governments seek to follow their own plans with little regard for us as individuals.

Am I going to tell you my own tales of woe, explain my struggles and concerns, well no, of course not – you aren’t interested really and besides why do you need to know?

I am going to use this particular forum however to add my own voice to the global outcry against the rise of incessant capitalism, globalisation and materialism that threatens to engulf us.

It does often seem that however hard we work, “It’s never enough” is the only thing we hear.

I read something in the Bible before Christmas that gave me pause for thought, it was the passage in Matthew 6 verses 28 to 34 – maybe I am also guilty of working too hard to try and obtain the wrong things?

I realise I may polarise opinion here, simply by suggesting that I have read the Bible but it is nevertheless, an interesting notion that we should be careful not to work too hard on the wrong things.

This year, i intend to work much harder on the right things – I have often been noted as suggesting there is too much inequality in the world – it’s time i stood up and was counted on that thought.

What difference will you make to the world this year?

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Oh Wow!

December

Alan

Ok, look I’ll tell you all about Chris Howard’s Wealth Propulsion weekend shortly but let me share the immediate result I had today.

In my current ‘day job’ one of the tasks is to follow up initial 1-2-1 visits with a phone call – it’s where the job ‘gets done’ ok?

Now for around 15 years I have had a singular inability to easily ‘cold call’ or even ’sales call’ people, even where I know they’re likely to be half interested in what I’m ringing them about.

It’s been a mental block for years and I’d go out of my way to find other ‘more urgent’ things to do in order to justify why I wasn’t picking up the phone.

So, i went on the Wealth Propulsion weekend and one of the things we did there was to work on a specific limiting belief. This phone phobia crap is what I chose.

Tonight I found I couldn’t wait to make those calls, hell I even had fun doing it and I was disappointed when I realised that I hadn’t any more to do today.

Isn’t that amazing?

15 years of I Can’t, I Wont and You can’t make me and then today it was great – can I do some more?

I’m pretty blown away right now – I’ll tell you how the rest of the weekend went another time.

Off to bed.

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Hi Ho, Hi Ho it’s off to learn we go

December

Alan

So, today my lovely wife and I are off to spend some quality time together for the weekend and we’ll doubtless be spending almost all of it in a room with a few hundred other people who’ve had the same idea.

Confused?

Well, as I said before, we are off to this event in London

Christopher Howard’s Wealth Propulsion Seminar

You can see a snippet of what we’re in for here

Chris Howard – Wealth Propulsion

Give you an update when we get back ok?

Right work over – time to play

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A great awakening?

December

Alan

Ok, so this weekend my wife and I are off to a rather long seminar which is on all weekend in London.

The weekend is one of Christopher Howard’s Wealth Propulsion seminars and I’m hoping that it might for me at least break one of my internal barriers.

Do you know about those things?

As a coach, I’ve seen the results of limiting beliefs in lots of people and in truth I continue to do so every week with the work that I do.

Chris is well recognised as someone with the knowledge and skills required to help people break away from their beliefs and I’m hoping that by putting in the effort now, it will set me up better for the future of all my current enterprises.

At the end of the day, the main thing I’ve learned this year is that I need to work hard on putting my own house in order and getting myself and my family to the place in life we deserve so that I can then help others from a position of relative prosperity.

Would love to read your comments on this.

Will post feedback on the weekend next week – watch this space

By the way – what limiting beliefs do you currently have and what might your life be like without them?

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Ok – so more on the theme

November

Alan

Just in case you thought my post yesterday was a sales pitch full of flim flam (which it wasn’t) I thought I’d pad it out a little so you can see why I’m so interested in getting where I’m going.

To start, a small excerpt from the most excellent Mr Anthony Robbins on Clarity & Purpose

Tony Robbins

Then there’s Chris Howard – this is a short preview of one of his best courses, Breakthrough to Success, I’m off to see him myself in a couple of weeks time

Chris Howard

and lastly for now – in case you dont know much about him or why I’m so intent on following in his footsteps, here’s a bit from Andrew Reynolds which shows the real reason why you’d bother trying to make a success of things

Andrew Reynolds

Lump in the throat?

Gave me one

I’m happy to support the Make a Wish foundation in all my endeavours – those kids have nothing else to look forward to apart from the love their parents give unreservedly and the dreams we can hope to make come true.

Go and take a look and see if you can support them at all TODAY!

Make a wish come true TODAY

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Ok – time to share

November

Alan

Right then people, time to start sharing the things I’ve been learning.

Before I do, let me give you an idea why I’m here online at all and why I’ve beenlooking for the sort of things I will be sharing with you from now on.

In short – my internal motivation is very strongly based on helping ohers in this world who are not maybe living as full and advantaged a life as I already d.

I want to follow in the footsteps of some of my modern day heroes Anthony Robbins, Christopher Howard, Donald Trump, Robert Kiyosagi, Andrew Reynolds and any of the guys in one of my favourite books The New Philanthropists written by the wonderful Mr Charles Handy.

In short, all these guys have achieved success in their own lives (most notably their financial wealth I suppose) and have then spent an extraordinary amount of time finding good reasons to make their money work harder for others.

That to me is an honest goal.

So, I’ve spent the last few years, walking along often struggling along) my own path to get me to financial freedom and the ability to help others in the same demonstrable fashion.

I worked hard to train as a Life Coach and motivational speaker, took the leap from having a job to being self-employed, got as far as my own Ltd Company and have managed to keep us alive and pay the bills but it’s as much a struggle for me as for anyone else.

That’s nowhere near good enough really is it?

So, I’ve been searching for the answers. Finally, I’ve started to find them.

Now you are immediately going to start thinking I’m on a sales pitch here (we live in a cynical world – I would to) but in truth I’m only going to tell you about things I’ve not only found but I’ve bought and trialled and that work and I can see potential in them.

I’m going to start with the latest (and in my view one of the best things I’ve found so far)

Have you ever wondered how ‘all those other guys’ seem to make milions online and do very little but sit on a beach thereafter?

Well I have, and I’ve finally found some of their methods and this first one is FREE

Yes that’s right – it’s FREE

Hardly a sales pitch right?

Go take a look – I’llput the other things in front of you as time goes by – I’m still working on them myself and wouldn’t send you to anything I dont personally recommend/believe in/trust ok?

You don’t know me from Adam and I’m asking you to trust me?

Go take a look around – you’ll find I’m a giver and that’s what I aim to do – give of myself always.

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